520 



"(f) At the discretion of the coastal State and with the approval of the 

 Secretary, a management plan and program may be developed and adopted in 

 segments so that immediate attention may be devoted to those areas of the 

 coastal and estuarine zone which most urgently need comprehensive manage- 

 ment plans and programs : Provided, That the coastal State adequately allows 

 for the utlimate coordination of the various segments of the management plan 

 into a single imified plan and program and that such unified plan and program 

 will be completed as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in no event more 

 than three years from inception. 



"(g) Prior to granting approval of the management plan and program, the 

 Secretary shall find that the coastal State, acting through its chosen agency 

 or agencies (including local governments), has authority for the management 

 of the coastal and estuarine zone in accordance witli the management plan and 

 program and such authority shall include power — 



"(1) to administer land and water use regulations, control public and 

 private development of the coastal and estuarine zone in order to assure 

 compliance with the management plan and program, and to resolve conflicts 

 among competing uses ; 



"(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in lands, 

 waters, and other property within the coastal and estuarine zone through 

 condemnation or other means when necessary to achieve conformance with 

 the management plan and program ; 



"(3) to develop land and facilities and to operate such public facilities as 

 beaches, marinas, and other waterfront developments, as may be required 

 to carry out the management plan and program ; 



"(4) to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of land acquisition 

 or land and water development and restoration projects ; and 



"(5) to exercise such other functions as the Secretary determines are 

 necessary to enable the orderly development of the coastal and estuarine 

 zone in accordance with the management plan and program. 

 "(h) Prior to granting approval, the Secretary shall find that the coastal State, 

 acting through its chosen agency or agencies (including local governments), has 

 authority to review all development plans, projects, or land and water use regula- 

 tions, including exceptions and variances thereto, proposed by any State or local 

 autliority or private developer to determine whether such plans, projects, or 

 regulations are consistent with the principles and standards set forth in the 

 management plan and program and to reject a development plan, project, or 

 regulation which fails to comply with such principles and standards : Provided, 

 That such determination shall be made only after there has been a full oppor- 

 tunity for hearings. 



"(i) No annual administrative grant to a coastal State shall be made under 

 this section in excess of 15 per centum of the total amount appropriated to carry 

 out the purposes of this section. 



"interagency coordination and cooperation 



"Sec. 307. (a) The Secretary shall not approve the management plan and pro- 

 gram submitted by the State pursuant to section 306 unless the views of Federal 

 agencies principally affected by such plan and program have been adequately con- 

 sidered. In case of serious disagreement between any Federal agency and the 

 State in the development of the plan the Secretary, in cooperation with the Execu- 

 tive Office of the President, shall seek to mediate the differences. 



"(b) (1) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities in the coastal 

 and estuarine zone shall seek to make such activities with the approved State 

 management plan and program for the area. 



"(2) Federal agencies shall not undertake any development project in a coastal 

 and estuarine zone which, in the opinion of the coastal State, is inconsistent 

 with the management plan of such coastal State unless the Secretary, after re- 

 ceiving detailed comments from both the Federal agency and the coastal State, 

 finds that such project is consistent with the objectives of this title, or is in- 

 formed by the Secretary of Defense and finds that the project is necessary in the 

 interest of national security. 



"(3) Any applicant for a Federal license or permit to conduct any activity in 

 the coastal and estuarine zone subject to such license or permit, shall provide in 

 the application to the licensing or permitting agency a certification from the ap- 



